Improved ruffle-iron



UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCEo NATHANIEL WATERMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED RUFFLE-IRON.

.To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I,NATHANIEL WATERMAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Boston, inthe county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an improved rufde-iron or implement for smooth ing ruffies or various other parts of clothes or apparel, and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following` specificit-v tion, and vrepresented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure' l is a top view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of it.

The nature ot' my invention consists principally in a combination of one or more auxiliary rntleV or puffing irons With a ruffle or smoothing iron and its stand, the saine being in manner substantially7 as hereinafter specified. The ordinary raide-iron is made with a socket for the reception ot' a heated cylinder or rod, from which the ruffle-iron derives its heat. y

ln course ot using the ruffle-iron it frequently happens that the heater has to be removed and reheated to redness, in consequence of which such heating-iron becomes either destroyed or materially damaged by the heat.

For the process ot ironing or smoothing a rufde and iiuting or pufling it, two separate irons With two pairs of heaters therefor, making,in all7 six pieces, have been necessary.

With my invention, however, the Whole operation is accomplished with one instrument, which, instead of being heated by separate heaters placed Within it, or in cavities formed in it, is to be laid on a stove With the smoothing part in contact with the heated surfaces thereof', or they maybe heated in the manner in which ordinary solid sad-irons arecom monly heated. When once heated, they will retain the heat for along period ot' time.

The main and auxiliary smoothing parts, or the smoothing and puffing irons of my improved rufle-iron, are solid Without sockets, they being shown at A and B, and as arranged in line with each other, and projected in opposite directions from a sta-nd, C. Each ot the parts A B is cylindrical and terminates at its outer extremity in a rounded or somewhat conical end, as shown at a or b. At their junction the longer is rounded down concavely toward the other, as shown at c, the said part c, as Well as each of the conical or rounded ends a b, answering` a good purpose in smoothing or ironing.

I claim- The i m proved ruffle-iron, made substantially as described.

NATHL. WATERMAN.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr. 

